The problem is with the concept of "deep theory" -- the idea that there's some immortal science that transcends its given time or place or set of material conditions.
Theory should be treated as a set of good ideas that still have considerable value today, but not as a body of infallible prophecy that means American politics in the 2020s will play out exactly like Russian or German politics in the 1920s (or Chinese politics in the 1930s and '40s, or Cuban politics in the 1950s, etc.). Occasionally leftist will lose sight of the former in favor of the latter.
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To not criticize each other when going wrong or when posting really shit takes is the first kind liberalism.
To be a snide asshole about it for the sake of edgyness is the fifth kind of liberalism.
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I like how his list of pet peeves gets taken as some deep theory or something.
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The problem is with the concept of "deep theory" -- the idea that there's some immortal science that transcends its given time or place or set of material conditions.
Theory should be treated as a set of good ideas that still have considerable value today, but not as a body of infallible prophecy that means American politics in the 2020s will play out exactly like Russian or German politics in the 1920s (or Chinese politics in the 1930s and '40s, or Cuban politics in the 1950s, etc.). Occasionally leftist will lose sight of the former in favor of the latter.
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yea there's a reason Marx and Lenin spent so much time dunking on other leftists